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The conference was originaUY to have been 

 held hi:^her up the Uumhow .branch, at a place 

 called- Kamooin China, but altered subsequently 

 to Simpang. The Panghooloo of N aiming', cm 

 1 ^ that the former sput had been fixed on, 

 c ^ astockade there, with the view of fir- 

 iag on the British ; and the new Allies, who had 

 passed the po-.t in safety in the morning, were 

 rather apprehensive of bein^^ fired on by their in- 

 censed nnd deserted comrade, on their return, for 

 having so quietly abanduned his cause. They 

 were, however, permitted to pull by unmolej^ted, 

 A more ruffiauly, half-clot lied, and poverty- 

 striirkea band wa?* perhaps hardly ever grouped 

 together than tfi:it with which the Briti&li power 

 had just then concluded a kague, compelled to 

 court such an alliance solely by the almost impe- 

 netrabie fastnesses of the counti y 



The vessels then wtighed auclior, and, drop- 

 ping down the rher with the tide, the Zephyr 

 caRt anchor at the mouih at 10 p. M for want of 

 water over the bar, whikt the Tope» whose 

 draught was less, proceeded to Malacca, At^. 

 30 A, M. on the 2\si the Zephyr again weighed, 

 and stag\(ering under a strong breeze and press 

 ofcanvoi^ ran into the Malacca roads by 2, 30 



Stinpang produces some very large oysters, 

 nearly the size of the Colchef?ter, but the party 

 could not procure any iii order to pronounce up* 

 on their flavor. The river also abounds with ve* 

 ry excellent fish. 



A day ur two after the return of this party, the 

 re-inforcements from Madrag, designed to mmX 



